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With only two sheetfed offset presses on the show floor, digital printing vendors were the 'hot' booths at PRINT 13. Here's a sampling of some of the production inkjet, wide-format inkjet and toner-based digital presses that were highlighted for commercial print shops

LONG BEACH, CA—Epson announced PrecisionCore, a next-generation inkjet printing technology, providing the company with manufacturing efficiency to expand into new global markets. PrecisionCore builds on Epson’s output quality, at the speeds required for industrial and commercial printing. The technology will also be extended into the company’s office printing range.

Epson's PrecisonCore inkjet printing technology extends Epson’s high-performance thin-film piezo print technology—currently used in its commercial large-format printers—to deliver customers flexible industrial and business printing solutions with sharp color, print quality, and output durability on the widest range of media.

Luminer Converting Group in Lakewood, NJ, has installed an Epson SurePress L-4033AW to print high-quality labels for the health and beauty, chemical and pharmaceutical markets. "Transferring to the Epson SurePress has allowed us to work more efficiently and we immediately saw time saving benefits compared to flexographic printing," noted John Borrelli, partner and COO.

To help educate printers on how to make a successful transition, xpedx—a full-service supplier of wide-format equipment, supplies and service—increased its Wide Format Solutions Summits to 28 shows at 14 new cities this year based on the success of the five summits it held in 2012.

Sunrise Digital is reported to be one of the first printing companies around the United States to install an Epson SureColor S70670 printer. “The new SureColor goes hand-in-hand with our long term strategy of delivering the very best product in every market segment we serve,” said Jimmy Sun, president.

Meeks Litho, based in Tulsa, OK, recently embarked on its 51st year in business. The company has flourished tremendously over the years growing to become one of the three biggest printing concerns in Tulsa. Meeks boasts 45 employees and a 65,000-square-foot facility, not to mention a fascinating combination of printing formats and capabilities that truly highlights the beauty, bold range and fun aspects of printing.

Life is good for Southeastern in Stuart, FL; so good, in fact, that in mid-January, Don Mader, Southeastern's president and CEO, broke out the cake and champagne a year early to celebrate. The actual occasion was the rebranding of the company, from Southeastern Printing to Southeastern, with the tag line "Complexity Made Simple." According to Mike McGuire, account executive, the move was a by-product of a cultural revolution that had been developing for the past couple of years.

Interquest’s Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum, which was hosted by the Government Printing Office in Washington DC, drew nearly 120 attendees—20 percent more than the 2011 forum. “In these challenging and exciting times, our attendees value the opportunity to learn from one another and find answers to the right balance of communication media as well as the role digital printing adds to the mix,” said Gilles Biscos, president of Interquest.

Davita Vance-Cooks, Deputy Public Printer and Acting Public Printer, will keynote Interquest’s seventh-annual Digital Printing in Government and Higher Education Forum. The seminar, which is free for government and higher education professionals, will take place in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Government Printing Office (GPO), North Capitol St. Northwest.